Embroidered fabric



PATENTED FEB. 23, 1904.

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EMBROIDERED FABRIC.

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A. BURGESS. EMBROIDERED FABRIC;

APPLIOATION FILED 00:1. 28, 1903.

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UNIT-ED STATES Patented February 23, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR BURGESS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO JOSEPH H.BROMLEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.-

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Pageant. 753,039, dated. February23, 1904.

Application filed October 23,1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR BURGESS, a sub- I ject of the King of GreatBritain and Ireland,

residing at Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have'invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Embroidered Fabrics, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this speciflcation.

My invention relates generally to embroidered fabrics and specificallyto the class of woven fabrics on which an embroidered surface pattern issuperposed by a braiding stitched to the body fabric in such manner asto form a raised pattern or design thereon, the braiding following thewhole or any predetermined part of the general outline of a surfacedesign or pattern previously stamped upon the body fabric orconstituting an intrinsic part thereof by being formed in the weavingthereof. In such fabricsas represented, for example, by lace curtains,whereon the embroidery-braid was so disposed and held by stitching as tofollow the integral woven pattern produced in the weaving by anappropriate disposition of the lacemeshingsthe opposite or wrong side ofthe resultant curtain presented a plain or unembroidered surface, whichwas highly objectionable in that it was inconsistent and out of artisticharmony with the embroidered side and disclosed too plainly thecomparatively rough and cheap character of the body fabric.

It is the object of my invention to overcome that defect and to producesuch an embroidered fabric in which there shall be permanently securedby a single line or coinciding lines of stitching on each side thereofand immediately opposite each other in register the same embroidered orbraiding pattern, the latter following the outline of the body patternas has heretofore been produced on'one side only; and my inventiontherefore comprises such an embroidered fabric identically the same onboth sides, the two opposite superposed braided patterns being insubstantial register, the finished double-faced embroidered productconsisting of the elements arranged sesame 173,305. (No specimens.)

and combined as hereinabove briefly stated and hereinafter moreparticularly described, set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings illustrating my invention, Figure l is a plan View ofthe body fabric, represented by an ordinary Nottingham lace curtain; andFig. 2 is a vertical section through the same on the line 1 2 of Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a plan view of one of the two like sides of my improvedembroidered fabric, the braided pattern being formed upon the bodyfabric represented in Fig. l; and Fig. 4 is a vertical section throughthe same on the line 1 2 of Fig. 3.

As the object is to produce a reversible fabric upon which theoutline-embroidered design shall be precisely the same upon the oppositesides and in register, it is obvious that a body fabric having thesurface pattern formed as an integral part of it during the weaving ofthe fabric itself will produce the best results and exemplify theinvention in its best form. An example of such is the lacecurtain bodyA, (shown in Fig. 1,) in which it will be observed that the regular lacemeshes b surround and intersperse the closer meshing which constitutesthe integral woven design or pattern 0. One object of the superposedbraided embroidery d, Fig. 3, is to accentuate the body pattern C, wherea lace-body fabric with integral design is employed, and this iseffected by laying and tying in or stitching the braid thereon indirections following thecontour in outline of the body-fabric pattern oneach of the two opposite sides of the fabric, producing the resultantfabric shown in Fig. 3, the contour of the opposite embroidered facesformed by the embroidery cord or braid being in register and secured tothe interposed body fabric by the same line or coinciding lines ofstitching, (indicated at m, Fig. 4,) and in its best form these will notbe separate and coinciding lines of stitching, but a series of tying-inthreads, one on each side, uniting or binding together the superposedembroidery-braids on the opposite sides to each other and to and throughthe interposed body fabric.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A reversible embroidered fabric com posed of a body fabric havingsuperposed upon each of the opposite faces thereof, a design or patternin outline, of like contour and character, and in register, the samebeing formed of embroidering cords or braids, which followapredetermined pattern, and are bound to each other through the bodyfabric by a tying-in thread on each side of the fabric, which severallyunite said embroidering braids to each other and to the interposed bodyfabric.

2. An embroidered fabric composed of a lace-body fabric having anintegral pattern woven therein and having superposed upon ARTHURBURGESS. Witnesses:

FRED. E. SCHMIDT, ADAM H. BECHTEL.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 753,039, grantedFebruary 23, 1904 upon the application of Arthur Burgess, ofPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, for an improvement in Embroidered Fabrics,an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction asfollows: In line 24, page 2, the word switches should read stitches; and

that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction thereinthat the same may conform to the record of the case in the PatentOfi"1ce Signed and sealed this 15th day of March, A; 1)., 1904.

[SEAL F. I. ALLEN,

Commissioner of Patents.

claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A reversible embroidered fabric com posed of a body fabric havingsuperposed upon each of the opposite faces thereof, a design or patternin outline, of like contour and character, and in register, the samebeing formed of embroidering cords or braids, which followapredetermined pattern, and are bound to each other through the bodyfabric by a tying-in thread on each side of the fabric, which severallyunite said embroidering braids to each other and to the interposed bodyfabric.

2. An embroidered fabric composed of a lace-body fabric having anintegral pattern woven therein and having superposed upon ARTHURBURGESS. Witnesses:

FRED. E. SCHMIDT, ADAM H. BECHTEL.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 753,039, grantedFebruary 23, 1904 upon the application of Arthur Burgess, ofPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, for an improvement in Embroidered Fabrics,an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction asfollows: In line 24, page 2, the word switches should read stitches; and

that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction thereinthat the same may conform to the record of the case in the PatentOfi"1ce Signed and sealed this 15th day of March, A; 1)., 1904.

[SEAL F. I. ALLEN,

Commissioner of Patents.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 753,039, grantedFebruary 23, 1904, upon the application of Arthur Burgess, ofPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, for an improvement in Embroidered Fabrics,an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction asfollows: In line 24, page 2, the word switches should read stitchcs; andthat the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction thereinthat tlle samc may conform to the record of the case in the PatentOffice.

Signed and sealed this 15th day of March, A. D., 1904.

[snub] F. I. ALLEN,

Commissioner of Patents.

